Hindman Auctions – Post-War & Contemporary
May 11, 2022
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CHICAGO — Hindman’s May 11 postwar and contemporary art auction will feature two prominent deaccessions by Chicago Imagists Jim Nutt and Karl Wirsum from the Roger Brown collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (New Buffalo, Mich.), being sold to support the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Scholarship Fund. A distinguished Chicago Imagist himself, Brown bequeathed his estate to his beloved alma mater SAIC, to serve as invaluable resources to students, alumni and the greater public at large in perpetuity.

In addition to the deaccessions from the Roger Brown collection, works released from the uniquely specific personal collection of John and Sue Wieland also known as the wareHOUSE will be available. The Wielands began collecting in the mid-1980s and their collection, which now includes works by more than 350 national and international artists in an extraordinary array of variations on the themes of residences, architecture and dwellings, is displayed in Atlanta’s Westside District, appropriately in a 27,000-square-foot warehouse.

Rounding out the offerings in the auction are examples by Jean Dubuffet, Roberto Matta, Stanley Whitney, Larry Poons, Jules Olitski, Alexander Calder, George Rickey, William Turnbull and Harry Bertoia. Following the record-setting sale at Hindman in February of Gertrude Abercrombie’s “The Dinosaur,” four more equally compelling paintings by the artist will be offered, including a charmingly miniature work that was originally gifted to jazz icon and friend Dizzy Gillespie.

Roger Brown was not only a world-renowned artist, but also an avid collector of works by his fellow Chicago Imagists along with folk and Indigenous art, textiles, decorative arts and other genres. The complete collection at the Veronda Pavilion and Roger Brown Studio and Guest House in New Buffalo encompasses contemporary art, tribal sculpture and textiles, folk art and works by self-taught artists, as well as pieces by Brown himself.

The works being offered from the Brown collection are Hairy Who artist Jim Nutt’s 1985 colored pencil on paper, stage drawing, “Do you See Something?” ($30/50,000) and fellow Hairy Who member Karl Wirsum’s acrylic painted sculpture “Any One? Ten Is!” ($30/50,000).

The leading highlight from the wareHOUSE consignment is Thomas Ruff’s “Substrat 9 III” ($50/70,000), a prime example of the artist’s innovative and boundary pushing photography. Another noteworthy piece from the collection is AfriCOBRA founding member Wadsworth Jarrell’s vibrantly eye-catching “Cookin’ N Smokin’” ($30/50,000).

The top lots to be offered in the auction are British ex-pat painter John Craxton’s iconic Creten taverna scene “Still Life with Three Sailors” ($150/250,000) and Ed Clark’s “Creation” ($150/250,000), a powerfully physical abstract, painted with a push broom by an artist once overlooked and now highly in demand.

Bidding for the May 11 sale will begin at 10 am CT, and will be available in-person, via phone and online via Hindman’s Digital Bid Room and additional online bidding platforms. For more information, 312-280-1212 or www.hindmanauctions.com.

Upcoming Auctions:
Prints & Multiples – May 12, 2022
Important Jewelry – May 17, 2022
Western Art, Including Contemporary Native American – May 19, 2022
Early 20th Century Design – May 24, 2022
Modern Design – May 25, 2022
Antiquities – May 26, 2022
Property From Casa De Suenos, Miami Beach, FL
May 31, 2022
CONTACT:
(312) 280-1212
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FEATURED:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(French, 1841-1919)
La Baie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 1899 Estimate: $400,000 – 600,000